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Following an accumulation of preflight issues; crew interactions; aircraft heat and late push back; the captain began taxiing with the tug still connected.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 789848 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | observation : observer other personnel |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 789848 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On flight xx we started to taxi with the tug still connected to the aircraft. The captain asked for taxi clearance while I was finishing up the engine start process. After my after start flows were complete; I called ramp for taxi; and then being at the south spot of xa; switched to ground for clearance. Ground cleared us to turn left on X; hold short of xc for rerte. Upon initial power-up; there was no movement. The captain remarked the warm day requiring more power. After adding more power; the ramp crew ran out in front of aircraft to signal stop. The captain immediately retarded the power and stopped the aircraft from moving. After the disconnect followed by the salute and release from guidance the captain taxied out per our instructions. The events leading up to this incident are worth noting: 1) late paperwork in operations due to computer problems. 2) late arrival at aircraft due to above reason. 3) senior flight attendant stopped boarding due to hot aircraft. 4) ramp questioning 'late' during pushback sequence resulting in extended conversation on ramp frequency by both first officer and captain. 5) taxi clearance with a pending rerte.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FOLLOWING AN ACCUMULATION OF PREFLT ISSUES; CREW INTERACTIONS; ACFT HEAT AND LATE PUSH BACK; THE CAPT BEGAN TAXIING WITH THE TUG STILL CONNECTED.
Narrative: ON FLT XX WE STARTED TO TAXI WITH THE TUG STILL CONNECTED TO THE ACFT. THE CAPT ASKED FOR TAXI CLRNC WHILE I WAS FINISHING UP THE ENG START PROCESS. AFTER MY AFTER START FLOWS WERE COMPLETE; I CALLED RAMP FOR TAXI; AND THEN BEING AT THE S SPOT OF XA; SWITCHED TO GND FOR CLRNC. GND CLRED US TO TURN L ON X; HOLD SHORT OF XC FOR RERTE. UPON INITIAL PWR-UP; THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT. THE CAPT REMARKED THE WARM DAY REQUIRING MORE PWR. AFTER ADDING MORE PWR; THE RAMP CREW RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ACFT TO SIGNAL STOP. THE CAPT IMMEDIATELY RETARDED THE PWR AND STOPPED THE ACFT FROM MOVING. AFTER THE DISCONNECT FOLLOWED BY THE SALUTE AND RELEASE FROM GUIDANCE THE CAPT TAXIED OUT PER OUR INSTRUCTIONS. THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS INCIDENT ARE WORTH NOTING: 1) LATE PAPERWORK IN OPS DUE TO COMPUTER PROBS. 2) LATE ARR AT ACFT DUE TO ABOVE REASON. 3) SENIOR FLT ATTENDANT STOPPED BOARDING DUE TO HOT ACFT. 4) RAMP QUESTIONING 'LATE' DURING PUSHBACK SEQUENCE RESULTING IN EXTENDED CONVERSATION ON RAMP FREQ BY BOTH FO AND CAPT. 5) TAXI CLRNC WITH A PENDING RERTE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.